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Poland has had a productive film industry for decades, but a troubled one. Many early films were destroyed during the Nazi occupation. Afterward, during the Communist era, many films were made, but it was rare to see them outside of Poland. "Poland was closed. ... If a film was invited to Cannes or Venice there was still a struggle to get permissions, visas, passports," said Polish film restorer Jdrzej Sabliski. "It was difficult to show these films around the world. It blocked many actors' careers." In addition, government officials didn't care about film preservation. "It was not a priority to store films in a proper way. The authorities didn't...

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